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Vermont Experts to Help Foresters With Invasive Plants Cost

State experts says invasive plants such as honeysuckle and buckthorn can have different impacts on foresters

25 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Dead sea buckthorn bushes stand on a forest snowpack. The reasons for the sea buckthorn dying in the northeast have not yet been clarified, and various sea buckthorn producers have already been forced to give up. On Forst Schneebecke, no large areas have been affected so far. Photo: Bernd Wüstneck/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB (Photo by Bernd Wüstneck/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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State experts will be hosting a workshop for consulting foresters in Vermont to learn about getting financial help to treat invasive plants.

The Feb. 26 workshop will be held at the U.S. Forest Service supervisor's office in Rutland. The workshop will be run by the Private Lands Team of Vermont Fish and Wildlife and Vermont Forests, Parks and Recreation.

The department says invasive plants, such as honeysuckle and buckthorn, can impact the ability of private landowners to manage their woodlands, hinder the success of timber harvests and be expensive to treat.

Federal cost-share programs can provide funding to treat invasive plants on private property.

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